Yesterday, I have come full circle and realized how I have been apart of something really cool! If you go all the way back to my second post back in March of 2004 , you will see that the MS Dev Evangelist for the SW ( Joe Healy ) at gave me my nickname. We met again for the first time but this time it...

A response to the Gypsy's Sr. Developer Attributes So my buddy and former student -- the webgypsy -- has written a post that he attributes to the lessons he learned from me. My initial response is "Oh no, don't pin this one on me." So I decided to have a little fun and respond in a point by point manner...

You know this fantasy conference has not been as good as the Sells XML Conference. I hope he has another one of those soon; I'll sign up ASAP this time. Seriously it appears that Darrell is having a good time. I still wish I was there (basically nothing cool or funny to say today.. I'm working! Dang...

Ok, I want to jump off on something that got posted in the comments regarding my whole experts deal (BTW, whether you agreed/understood what I was saying... the whole discussion was interesting). So I got a comment on the first post ( here's the comment) where the anonymous commenter said this "Life...

Ok, yesterday , I think I may have ruffled a few feathers, so let me try follow up with a bit more explanation. My problems are not with blogging. I use blogging as a way to get feedback on my own sometimes strange ideas. I like that aspect of Tech Blogging. I love that I can have dialogues (and can...

I've been contemplating this one for a while... I'm not sure where all this blogging thing is going. Don't get me wrong I love blogging. I'm just not sure what we are accomplishing (I know a few of you out there I pushed in this direction). I think we are starting to get a cacophony of noise. Several...

My good buddy -- D.Code -- throws down on the whole VB6 petition thing. D.Code is the man behind my infamous " College Students post ." He shows his usual brand of humor to put this whole petition thing into perspective (and then ends with a rather funny set of ideas). I especially like his advice to...